We are having problems where I call her at home, and the cell phone doesn't even ring, it just goes to voice mail. She has missed calls about job interviews this way. She also feared (incorrectly) that I was 'cutting her dead' by not returning her calls.
So I want to see if she can increase signal strength right in her own apartment. Could she rig up some kind of antenna and keep it next to her cell phone, for example? Ditto the computer?
Anything outside is out of the question. Closest she could get is on the sill of the picture window.
As for the computer, let's just say that it seems to have 'tired blood.'
My brother thinks that her signal is getting swamped by signals from a huge hospital nearby. Does that sound possible?
She has a lot of challenges. Pain, grief, worry. I could tell her to duke it out with her cell phone company and ISP, but she doesn't have the energy.
I guess my main question is, does the home-made gizmo in the link above have any credibility at all?